Per Asbjørn Risnes Jr.

The story of Alexander Rybak

Fortellingen om Alexander Rybak

This is the story of a young boy who travelled across the world, and won everyone’s hearts. Alexander Rybak is Norway’s new pop idol after he crushed all his rivals in the European Song Contest in Moscow. He was teased at school for being different. While the other kids played football and fooled around. Alexander practiced his violin many hours daily. Before his breakthrough, he tried his luck in Idol and later won the first prize in the TV program “The Big Chance”. Then he travelled all over the country and played for food and lodging. He was not a winner before he won the European Song Contest.

Per Asbjørn Risnes jr. is a journalist, music critic and has written several books.